A band of determined Russian soldiers fight to hold a strategic building in their devastated city against a ruthless German army, and in the process become deeply connected to a Russian woman who has been living there.

Evgeny Sormatov, a veteran of the special forces detachment, goes to a picturesque lake in Karelia. He carries with him the last letter of comrade Andrei Egorov, who died several years ago, and the Order of the Hero of Russia, which he was awarded posthumously. There, in a quiet corner on one of the skerries, in a deserted fishing village, Andrei's father and sister live.

In the center of the plot is a senior investigator named Masha Shvetsova and her male colleagues. The plot is the most vital, but, like in “Streets of Broken Lanterns,” it is seasoned with a fair amount of humor - otherwise, how can the audience (and the heroes) endure countless morgues, identifications and other “cute” charms of the investigative routine?

A teleplay about the life and work of the first chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov.